They make lenses for astigmatism IM.

I wear bifocal contacts with different prescriptions for each eye. Monovision, I think, is what they call it. Anyway, I'm near sighted and now I am far sighted too. I used to wear regular contacts and carry those drugstore glasses to read. Kept losing, breaking or scratching the drugstore half-glasses so I got bifocal lenses. The right lens has my reg. prescription with a low strength bifocal and the left lens has my reg. prescription with a higher strength bifocal. When I'm reading and doing close work my left eye takes over. When I'm driving and looking up/at a distance my right eye takes over. I can't tell the transition unless I concentrate so it's just automatic.

I get my eyes examined and ask for a written prescription. I order my lenses online from VisionDirect.com. I comparison shopped many online contact places and found VD to be the best value for my prescription. There are a lot of online places so you can do your own comparison shopping to find your best value for you. I just know that other than going to America's Best (in Philly) I can get less expensive lenses online rather than buying from the doc/lens store where I get my exam. If you have an America's Best Glasses and Contacts store near you they might be a good value.

I wear disposable, extended wear...but due to some broken blood vessels at the bottom of my eyes I take them out nightly so my eyes can "breathe". I get the extended wear because they are more air permeable.

I pay approx. $80 for 6 pair. I extend them to a year period instead of 6 months. I tend to use a pair longer than recommended but that's because I try to take extremely good care of each pair and they seem to be in great shape at the time when I'm suppose to dispose of them. I can't justify tossing a perfectly good pair of lenses just because it's "recommended". I tend to think that's a ploy on the manufacturer's part to get you to buy more lenses sooner. But...to each his own!

I clean and store them in ®Opti-Free Replenish solution. I used to use ReNue till the bacteria scare a while back. Opti-Free retains moisture, is no rub, cleans, removes protein deposits, reconditions, rinses, disinfects and stores. No need to buy any other solution. It costs about $8 for 10 oz. That will last me about a month or more.

I've been wearing contacts since I was 17y/o (yes, all you smarty-ass-pants out there...they made lenses way back then!) and I'm now 49.

Hope this helps TT...and good luck!

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